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After months of keeping their Hunter's Point taproom shuttered, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers is set to open the doors again on December 15. SFGATE spoke with the company's new-ish director of brewing operations, Clay Jordan, about the company's move towards embracing more experimental, taproom-only brews. Read the whole article here.

Drake's is holding a hazy IPA fest called Hazy Daze of Winter at their main San Leandro brewery Saturday, December 2, featuring a stupid stacked lineup of participating California breweries. IPA powerhouses present include Alvarado Street, Beachwood, Cellarmaker, Green Cheek, and Moonraker, among others. They'll also be pouring a few "high adjunct and non-traditional beers" as well, including HenHouse's popular Winning Team rice lager, Casa Agria's Frambuesa de la Casa Saison aged on raspberries, and more. If that's not enough to get you there, the music on deck is promised to be "old-school hip hop and R&B." Tickets are available here for $50 (or $5 for designated drivers).

The Mikkeller taproom in downtown San Francisco is opening at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, for rare breakfast-time flight pours of Founders' Canadian Breakfast Stout, Kentucky Breakfast Stout, the Breakfast Stout on nitro and a "full mug of Breakfast Stout." The whole deal will cost you $40 (you can decide to take part once you get there), but it includes the mug your stout comes in, too. Tickets here.

The San Francisco Business Times has profiled the brewers behind San Francisco's Sufferfest, and their success with gluten-free beer. Give it a read here.

21st Amendment is releasing cans of the recipe that won their Kettle home brew competition. The beer is called Tales from the Kettle, and it's a Scotch Ale with black tea at 9 percent ABV.